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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Invented languages
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Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 17:06:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 24 17:06:24 1985
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	There has been some interest in hearing more about my
invented language.  As of now I have established a phonology,
an outline grammar, and a vocabulary outline.
	In developing the grammar I applied general principles
of linguistics from my reading on that subject.  It is,
intentionally, *not* a generalized Indo-European grammar
like Esperanto.  Many of my ideas have come fom such books
as "Linguistic Universals" and my (sparse) knowledge of various
languages.  
	I developed my vocabulary outline by starting with the
Basic English vocabulary, making modifications to make it less
Earth-centric, since the language was originally intended to
be an interstellar standard in a science fiction series I was
thinking of writing.  The writing project has now been trashed,
but I am continuing with the language for the fun of it.
Also the vocabulary is actually much larger than Basic English,
because each of my roots can take on several meanings by means
of various suffixes. I get an average of between 3 and 4 words
per root.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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